Louisiana Sportsman

November 2, 2026

Old oil structures in Tiger Shoal

September 8, 2014 Captain Paul Titus

Dear Capt. Paul:

I am told that there were several oil platforms, old well heads and/or other oil-field sites within the Tiger Shoal area that have been removed in years past.[…]

An apple a day — yuk!

September 4, 2014 Jerald Horst

In 1988, The Blob invaded Louisiana. The star of the remake of the 1958 film of the same name was a big, slimy, snotty alien thing.[…]

Apex Predator focuses on best fishing sunglasses

September 3, 2014 Josh Chauvin

Whether you’re trying to spot a floating lure in the glare of the sun, scanning the edge of a pond for tailing reds or just trying to protect your vision, top-notch sunglasses can have a huge impact on your fishing success.[…]

I can’t stand a liar

September 1, 2014 Andy Crawford

I remember saying I would never think like my dad, the hard-nosed redneck who raised me under a regime of strict rules and hard work. I promised to never say the things he said, and I’d be my kids’ best friend.[…]

The Daisy BB gun

August 29, 2014 Gordon Hutchinson

I have no idea what happened to it, but the first honest-to-gosh gun I ever handled was a Daisy BB gun given to me by my dad on my sixth birthday.[…]

Trout Masters excerpt: Finding prime speckled trout spots near Seabrook

August 28, 2014 Jerald Horst

Fishing out of Seabrook, the mouth of the Inner Harbor Canal to Lake Ponchartrain, Allen “Chink” Sumas Jr. once caught nine speckled trout that weighed-in at 9 to 9 ½ pounds – in a single day.[…]

Trout Masters excerpt: ‘Mr. Official’ lands big Grand Isle specks

August 25, 2014 Jerald Horst

Grand Isle trout fisherman Terry St. Cyr is competitive on and off the water, but his passion is catching speckled trout.[…]

On offshore patrol

August 21, 2014 Keith LaCaze

Louisiana’s wildlife enforcement agents patrol some very diverse land and water habitat in the sportsman’s paradise. From hills and creek bottoms to river and coastal plains, from freshwater lakes and streams to fresh and brackish water marshes wildlife agents cover it all.[…]

Plan ahead like a pro

August 21, 2014 Bill Garbo

There are many things that hunters can do ahead of time to ensure they get the most out of their trail camera efforts during the upcoming hunting season.[…]

Getting juggy with it

August 18, 2014 Chris Holmes

Kayak fishing with a rod and reel is certainly popular, but there are other ways to catch fish that work well in a ’yak.[…]

The Rage Blade

August 15, 2014 Don Shoopman

An Edisto Island, S.C., artificial lure designer knows first-hand just how good the ChatterBait was when it was born and how good it is now, as it has won more money this year than ever before for pro bass anglers on the FLW and Bassmaster Elite series circuits across the United States.[…]

Trout Masters excerpt: Using soft plastics to catch big trout out of Cypremort Point

August 13, 2014 Jerald Horst

David ‘T-Coon’ Billeaud is not a fan of live bait.

He routinely uses soft plastics exclusively to catch big trout around Cypremort Point. […]

More about trophy bucks and lunker bass

August 13, 2014 David Moreland

Many years ago (OK, it was during the Dark Ages for you young people), I was helping Louisiana Sportsman contributor Chris Berzas with an article about deer habitat. I was demonstrating the newly developed deer browse transect and how it measures browse availability and utilization.[…]

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